More than 40 hurt in Thailand's most violent protests since new movement emerged


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  • Tuesday, 17 Nov 2020

Royalists arrive to rally in front of the parliament, to show their opposition towards the proposed motion to amend the Constitution on articles related to the monarchy, in Bangkok, Thailand November 17, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

BANGKOK (Reuters) - At least 41 people were hurt, some with gunshot wounds, when demonstrators marching on the Thai parliament clashed with police and royalist counter-protesters, in the worst violence since a new youth-led protest movement emerged in July.

Police fired water cannon and teargas at protesters who cut through razor-wire barricades and removed concrete barriers outside parliament. The police denied that they had opened fire with live ammunition or rubber bullets, and said they were investigating who might have used firearms.

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